Many stars in Egypt are keen on his bodyguard accompanying them in most of their movements and steps, as some consider it an inevitable necessity to protect him from the crowd crowding on the artist while he is in public places, as fans rush towards the stars to take photographs with him, or even to greet him for being a star And he is very popular, so some, and perhaps the vast majority of stars, decided to seek the help of the “bodyguards”, who have strong muscles, who have a huge structure, to protect them, defend them, and intervene in a timely manner before they suffer any harm.
The “body guard” sometimes spoils the party or the occasion in which the artist is present. On many occasions, the “body guard” attacks and assaults journalists or the public as soon as they try to approach the artist, which he was subjected to, for example, not The director, Ahmed Al-Badri, the director of the movie “Doctor Silicon”, who was subjected to the attacks of the “Body Guards” accompanying the Lebanese Marwa at the end of the special screening of the film, and he clashed with one of them after he pushed his wife, who fell to the ground while they were doing By displacing the audience from the cinema audience and the photojournalists who perform their professional duty by taking pictures of the film’s heroes.
The matter was repeated in the special screening of the movie “Kalemni Shukran” directed by Khaled Youssef, where the show witnessed violent friction that amounted to an assault by the “Body Guards” who organized the process of entering the halls of the guests, against the invitees themselves, as the “Body Guards” resorted to using an electric shocker to disperse Those who wanted to watch the movie without invitations, after one of them climbed onto one of the seats and started waving a Taser in the faces of those present, which disturbed them greatly, in a manner similar to the security forces dispersing the demonstrators.
The “Body Guards” also had a second incident at the doors of the exhibition halls, where they violently refused to enter the invitees to one of the halls that they had emptied for the film’s stars, heroes and their friends. Events and paradoxes of this kind were many in recent times with the beginning of the spread of the “Body Guard” phenomenon.
The “bodyguard” phenomenon is considered a luxury phenomenon among the rich and a profession that brings money easily to some thugs in Egypt. Or companies, and the roles varied from protecting people to shutting down electoral committees for some candidates in the elections.
Pseudonyms for intimidation “Khuza’a”, “Batista”, “Al-Zaini”, “Hogan”, “Al-Saidi” and “Pharaoh” .. These are the nicknames used by the most famous bodyguards in Egypt. They were chosen by their owners to intimidate those who hear them. Terrorizing others is their job. And they use their strong muscles, which is the only condition that must be met to work in this profession.
The “body guard” phenomenon began in Egypt as one of the manifestations of luxury among the rich, specifically businessmen and artists, but the phenomenon developed after that and became a commodity exploited in many acts of bullying, whether by individuals or companies, and the roles varied from protecting people to “locking up” committees For some candidates in the elections, this is why the “body guard” is the latest trend in the world of thugs. It appeared in Egypt during the last twenty years, and spread widely, especially in the last ten years. The shape that the “body guard” took was imported from abroad. This appears in the form of It is evident from the name through to the clothing, which is usually a full suit with a tie.There is no scratch or mark on his face like the traditional thug whose face bears the maps of the battles he fought in, all the way to the types of weapons used by the “body guard”, which vary from predecessor defense (an atomizer that applies a spray that causes instant fainting) or electric sticks, which are tools that are completely different from the weapons used Used by the traditional thug.
The imported form also extended to the existence of a website on the Internet for one of the “Body Guards”, describing himself in it as the most famous “Body Guard” in Egypt, reviewing his biography in terms of the tasks in which he participated and the artworks in which he was hired, putting his pictures with the artists and his phone number as an advertisement Whoever wants him in any task.
Wages start at 100 pounds and end with thousands. The wage in this profession is determined according to the seriousness of the task entrusted to the “body guard,” as Alaa Farag (body guard and gym owner) says: “The higher the degree of risk, the higher the wage. But the lowest wage he receives when he is hired to organize star parties, and this wage starts from 100 pounds per day, and may reach 250 pounds per day for some stars.
And all the task of the “Guards” in these concerts is to protect the artist from the audience’s harassment, and what is meant by harassment here is the audience’s approach to the artist, and the matter may develop into the “Body Guard” attacking some audiences, as happened recently in a concert by singer Tamer Hosni.
This wage may increase to 500 pounds when the task is an important personal guard, and the wage is according to the importance of the person. With this customer, the bodyguard comes out and relaxes with the customer, and there are usually no problems.
There is another type of task in which the wages reach thousands of pounds, but these tasks are of course more dangerous, and they are the tasks in which there is a conflict with other people. For example, he asks the “gard” to look into the task of placing a hand on land or a villa in which a judgment has been issued for one of them and he cannot implement it.
In some tasks, the “Body Guard” cooperates with the police, such as parties, and also some times in elections.
One of the “Body Guards” explains this, saying: “During the elections, one of the businessmen’s candidates agrees with us to support him on election day, or to close the committee and prevent voters from entering the committee. In these situations, the police do not interfere, and we understand this as agreeing to what we do.”
“Lady Gard” competed in the guard profession with many “body guards”. It was not his plan from the beginning to work in this profession, but rather to practice sports only, but the attractive return makes any young man agree to work in it. This is also why there are young people who, from the first day they go to training, aim to work in this profession, because the return in this profession represents for some an opportunity to create a better future, as they believe that their work in this field may save them a lot of money and move them to a new stage in their life. There are people who started from scratch in this profession, and now they have car showrooms and gym clubs, and these have become among the great “guardians” in Egypt and do not go out except in big interests.
The guard profession in Egypt was not limited to men with muscular muscles only, but women began to crowd out men in this abnormal profession, as a group of girls lined up in the recent period and were ready to confront a man who advanced from them with combative steps, and with quick jumps they applied the instructions of their coach, so they put out the attacker ground, based on techniques from the Japanese martial arts aikido.
These events do not take place in a Hollywood action movie, but rather in the Heliopolis neighborhood of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, where girls are training to join a security company that provides “bodyguard” services to the stars, in the latest fashion of the Egyptian professions.
